I’ve never been a huge fan of the Odd Future crew music-wise. Besides Frank Ocean, the group has an abnormal style — their leader Tyler, The Creator has always been especially sinister, vulgar and off…

Los Angeles-based rapper Dom Kennedy performed in a crowded Rush Gymnasium Saturday for this year’s SpringFest concert. Kennedy is an independent artist who has refused record deals in favor of his ow…

Los Angeles-based rapper Dom Kennedy will perform at Rush Gymnasium for this year’s highly-anticipated Springfest concert April 9. Occidental student John Drumright (junior) will be opening the show w…

Last week, my iPhone automatically updated to the newest iOS. Last night, my laptop updated to the latest version of Windows 10. And today, my “The Life of Pablo” album updated to its most recent edit…

The last few weeks have been pretty darn good for hip-hop fans: Kendrick Lamar finally put out those “Untitled” songs I’ve been waiting ages for, 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne dropped a joint album and Kanye…

When Kanye West released “Only One,” a sweet, crooning love song to his daughter North on New Year’s Day in 2015, I thought I might be witnessing the beginning of the next chapter in his ever-evolving…

Senator Bernie Sanders has a new best friend, and his name is Killer Mike. You might know Mike from his role as one half of the rap duo Run the Jewels or for being a frequent Outkast collaborator, but…

South by Southwest (SXSW), the annual tech-music-film conference and festival held in Austin, announced Oct. 26 that it was canceling two of its events related to video games as a result of violent th…